Another one of Wol's hopefuls makes it into my eyeholes today! Woooo! Morgan Tenpenny has retreated from her painful, magical past, choosing to live quietly as a guardian of one of the gates between worlds. But her sister Gwen is married to a lord of the High Court of Faerie—and when Gwen asks her to... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Lords of Asylum by Kevin Wright
I was rather excited to get to this one, because when Wol likes a book, I tend to generally also like that book! Of course... this isn't universal... but ehhh close enough. 😀 Waylaid in the wilds, they left him for dead… Sir Luther Slythe Krait is a bad man. He tried outrunning his past,... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Everblue by Brenda Pandos
It's your friendly neighborhood kissy book expert here, and in today's SPFBO review, we have a YA Mermaid Romance. OooOOoOoo She wanted her life to change... he wanted his to stay the same. Best friends share everything with each other. Or do they? Seventeen-year-old Ashlyn Frances Lanski is tired of her boring, single life. Spending... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: The Carnival of the Night by Nicholas Carey
In which Kristen attends a Carnival, of sorts. 😀 Some call it purgatory, others know it as the in-between, but for those poor souls who are trapped there eternally, it is simply The Carnival — a macabre mockery where night is never-ending, and a sadistic creature known as The Fool reigns unchallenged. And The Fool... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Dragon Mount by Jennifer M. Eaton
As the friendly neighborhood kissy book expert, this one got sent my way. I don't dislike shifter romances, but some of them can make my eyes roll real hard. I get my silliness guards up pretty early on. So, silliness shields up! And here we go. Things can’t get any worse than being snatched by... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: The Fire Eye Refugee by Samuel Gately
This one was a pretty good contender in the cover contest for this year. Because, I mean look at it. 😍 A spy must face her past or die in exile. As lanterns stream up towards the Fire Eye, a woman weaves through the crowd, eyes down. Kay is a fetch, a finder of lost children,... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Air and Ash by Alex Lidell
This is the first of my SPFBO books, and I'm delightfully thrilled to say that it was pretty great, marking this as a good start for me. I'm also very tired. More on that later. 😀 Born to privilege. Trained for command. Destined for danger. After a lifetime of training, seventeen-year-old Princess Nile Greysik, a... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Sorcerous Rivalry by Kayleigh Nichol
Time for a SPFBO Review!! In the peace following the Great Mage Hunt, the king's long-time mistress is revealed as a sorceress. Locked away for the safety of the kingdom, bounties are placed upon the heads of the seven children she birthed. Mage hunters have scoured the kingdom for four years, searching for the seven... Continue Reading →